1. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Page Structure
James Thompson, Accessibility Consultant
December 21, 2017
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2. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
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3. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Series
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4. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Page Title
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Provide a clear identifying title property for the document
When a title is not provided that does not clearly identify the document, users of assistive technology or users with cognitive impairments may not be able to quickly determine the identity of the document
In the Menu Bar choose File
Select Properties
Select the Description Tab
Add Title to the Title field
Select the Initial View Tab
Select Document Title from the Show drop down menu
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5. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Role Mappings
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Ensure correct role mappings within the tags structure
Role mapping must be defined within the tags pane to map each of the headings to the proper PDF tag
Custom tags are mapped to standard PDF tags
Example: Microsoft Word format to PDF conversion: Heading styles are given a tag name of Heading1, Heading2, etc.
Role mapping must be defined within the tags pane to map each of the headings to the proper PDF tag - Example: The Heading 1 tag must map to the <H1> PDF tag in order to be identified as a heading to users of assistive technologies
Activate the Context menu on the tag in question by right clicking
Activate the Edit Role Map menu item
In the Role Map Dialog select the tag you want to update
Select Change Item
Edit the Tag in the value field
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6. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Headings
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Headings allow assistive technology users to browse document content by heading level
Ensure that headings are denoted through structure and not implicitly
Implicit headings are headings that are styled to look like headings but do not have the proper heading tag
Implicit headings are headings that are styled to look like headings but do not have the proper heading tag
Headings allow assistive technology users to browse document content by heading level
Ensure all document headers are properly tagged
Headings and labels should allow users to predict what information is associated with the heading or label
Authors must ensure that the headings and labels describe the section or field in unique terms
Use heading structural markup such as the H2 tag to markup glossary and index letters
Ensure headings are in the correct order
Can have more than one H1 tag
Locate the desired tag to change
Right click on the Tag
Select Properties
In the Tag tab, Select the Type drop down
Select the desired Tag from the drop down menu
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7. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Lists
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Ensure list and sub-list items are structured properly
Ensure that all list items <LI> are properly tagged and contained within a list <L> tag
Each list item should include <LBody> and <Lbl> (optional) tags
List items that are not tagged as list elements may not be properly rendered by assistive technologies
When list elements are not properly tagged, users of assistive technologies are not able to detect the correct structure, number of items in the list, and position of list items
Ensure that all list items are properly tagged as list elements within in a list <L> tag
Each list item <LI> element should be composed
a list item body <LBody>
and a label <Lbl> (optional)
The label should encapsulate the number or bullet and the list item body should include the text of the list item.
NOTE: Not all conversion from the native document will include the <lbl> tag. ATs do not require a <Lbl> tag, so requiring that one exists is advisory.
In other words, if you see <L><LI><Lbdy>, that is sufficient for the purposes of creating an accessible list
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8. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Resources
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
Adobe – Create and Verify PDF Accessibility
Adobe – PDF Accessibility Overview
WebAIM PDF Accessibility
WebAIM – Converting documents to PDF
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9. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Page Structure
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